CLOSURE OF A POSTPNEUMONECTOMY MAIN BRONCHUS FISTULA USING VIDEO-ASSISTED MEDIASTINAL SURGERY

Authors
AZORIN JF FRANCISCI MP TREMBLAY B LARMIGNAT P CARVAILLO D
Citation
Jf. Azorin et al., CLOSURE OF A POSTPNEUMONECTOMY MAIN BRONCHUS FISTULA USING VIDEO-ASSISTED MEDIASTINAL SURGERY, Chest, 109(4), 1996, pp. 1097-1098
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
109
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1097 - 1098
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1996)109:4<1097:COAPMB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Disruption of a mainstem bronchus is a rare but dreaded complication o f pneumonectomy. After an anatomic study on cadavers, we successfully used a video mediastinoscope to close a postpneumonectomy main bronchu s fistula via a cervical incision.